SECTION 4.83. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) Articulated College Credit--Credit earned through a high school-level course that fulfills specific requirements of an identified college-level course and provides a pathway for high school students to earn credit toward a technical certificate or technical degree at a partnering institution of higher education.

(2) Board or Coordinating Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(3) Career and Technical Education Course--A college-level course awarding semester credit hours and contained in the Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) or a specified course contained in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide manual that may be reported for state funding by institutions of higher education as a dual credit career and technical education course in the Coordinating Board Management (CBM) Reporting and Procedures Manual for Texas Community, Technical, and State Colleges.

(4) College--Public institution of higher education as defined in TEC 61.003(8).

(5) College Board Advanced Placement--College-Level courses and exams available to secondary students under the auspices of an approved College Board program.

(6) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education.

(7) Dual credit--A system under which an eligible high school student enrolls in college course(s) and receives credit for the course(s) from both the college and the high school. While dual credit courses are often taught on the secondary school campus to high school students only, applicable sections of these rules, §4.84(a) and §4.85(a), (b), (g), (h), (i) of this title (relating to Dual Credit Partnerships), apply irrespective of location or mode of delivery. Dual credit is also referred to as concurrent course credit; the terms are equivalent.

(8) Dual enrollment (previously referred to as dual or concurrent enrollment)--Refers to a system under which a student is enrolled in more than one educational institution (including a high school and a public institution of higher education). When a student in a dual enrollment system enrolls in courses that student earns appropriate course credit from each distinct educational institution that offered the course. Dual enrollment is not equivalent to dual credit.

(9) Early College Education Program--A program as defined in TEC 29.908.

(10) Early College Program--A program developed via an institutional agreement in partnership between a public institution of higher education and high schools or school districts in which a student enrolls in courses that are part of a defined sequence of courses leading to a Board approved certificate, AA, AS, or AAS degree program as defined in Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 9, Rule 9.1 - Definitions of Texas Administrative Code.

(11) Field of Study Curriculum (FOSC)--A set of courses that satisfies the lower-division requirements for a baccalaureate degree in a specific academic area at a general academic teaching institution. A field of study curriculum affects academic degree programs at public junior colleges, public technical institutes, or universities as designated within the particular field of study curriculum.

(12) International Baccalaureate Diploma Program--The curriculum and examinations leading to an International Baccalaureate diploma awarded by the International Baccalaureate Organization.

(13) Program of Study Curriculum (POSC)--The block of courses which progress in content specificity by beginning with all aspects of an industry or career cluster and incorporate rigorous college and career readiness standards, including career and technical education standards that address both academic and technical content which incorporate multiple entry and exit points with portable demonstrations of technical or career competency, which may include credit transfer agreements or industry-recognized certifications.

(14) Public two-year associate degree-granting institution--A community college, a technical college, or a state college.

Source Note: The provisions of this §4.83 adopted to be effective May 27, 2003, 28 TexReg 4114; amended to be effective May 25, 2004, 29 TexReg 5057; amended to be effective November 23, 2004, 29 TexReg 10770; amended to be effective February 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 759; amended to be effective November 24, 2019, 44 TexReg 7048